He leaves his wife Alyce, as well as 3 children Tamara (Cliff) Holder, Caren Patterson, Michael Patterson, grandchildren Cameron Patterson and Tori Holder, his other children Jenelle Bartolo and Josh Weber, his sisters Becky (Don) Nelson, Judy (Ron) Carter, and brother Eddie (Marlene) Soles, as well as many nieces and nephews and countless friends.
He was raised on a farm in southern Georgia and joined the Navy where he was stationed in Long Beach, where he met Alyce. After they married he became a local truck driver, eventually starting his own trucking company. He drove trucks for the next 20 years and then joined the Elevator Constructors Union. He built and repaired elevators for about another 20 years and retired from the trade in 2002. His hobbies were many and varied, including camping, dune buggying and ATV riding. And then he moved to the High Desert and found tractors. He spent most of his remaining years driving, repairing and displaying tractors with the HDAPA. He will be missed by many.
Services will be held Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 11:00 at Desert View Memorial Park,
11478 Amargosa Rd. Victorville, California 92392.
Following the service we will be celebrating his life at Spring Valley Lake Community Building, 12975 Rolling Ridge Dr. Spring Valley Lake CA 92395.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in his name to Alzheimer research at http://act.alz.org/goto/Tyrie-Pat-Patterson
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